TGS: Sony's Joke Of A Booth

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The company has the world's dominant console system and had almost nothing to show.

By IGN Staff

One of the most disappointing things about the Tokyo Game Show has been the poor showing by Sony for both the PlayStation and PlayStation2 (head over to IGNPS2 for more on the company's dismal PS2 showing).

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) appears to have a lot of promising titles in the works for the States, such as Grind Session, Wild Arms 2, Legend of Dragoon, Medieval II, and other hotly anticipated titles. However, based on what was on the show floor, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has nothing but Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage waiting for the Japanese PlayStation owning hordes.

Half of the company's booth consisted of about 40 or 50 screens playing Spyro 2. Yes, the same Spyro 2 that was released in the U.S. way back in the 1900s. I guess it's the only game Sony is doing for the PS in Japan, or the only one that it cares to push.

Compared to Sega's booth, which had plenty of A+ quality titles for the Dreamcast, Sony's booth was a complete farce. It's understood that Sony has never been and never will be the same kind of software publisher as Sega or Nintendo, but its showing shouldn't be this horrid.

We have no screenshots to share with you because we've already reviewed Spyro 2 and there wasn't anything else there. Good job, Sony!